A problem play is concerned with a moral or social problem which is central to it and presented in such a manner that we become unsure of our moral bearings, so that uncertain and divided responses...

Measure for Measure has been considered a problem play since it raises problematic issues that are left unresolved. The play mainly centers around the problem of justice and mercy. In the course of...

Isabella who appears in Measure for Measure is one of the most famous and loveable characters by Shakespeare. She has been idealized and denigrated by others. Some of them have praised her nobility...

For centuries, Hamlet has haunted both readers and critics by his infinite variety of moods and his inscrutable behavior. Hamlet is a man who defies strict definition or any linear character...

Shakespeare never allows the supernatural to take the upper hand in the dramatic action of his tragedies. Shakespeare’s tragic world is essentially the human world in which man initiates actions...

Hamlet’s madness, one of the complicated factors renders the understanding of Hamlet’s character exasperatingly difficult. At one point in the play, Hamlet assumes an “antique disposition”,...